Tephilath Yisrael [prayers through the year].

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1842

Description

According to Sephardic rite. Includes piyutim. Final leaf with calendar for the years 1843-46.

references

Vinograd, Jerusalem 13.

summary

THE FIRST HEBREW PRAYER-BOOK PRINTED IN JERUSALEM. The publisher records here the hardships he endured in Safed (earthquake, famine, etc) and his relief having now settled in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Furthermore, he states: “No accuser will, heaven forbid, prevent” anyone who prays from this Siddur from approaching his Maker, given that it was printed “in a holy place and by holy Jews.”

ff. 152. Lightly stained. Contemporary boards, worn. 12mo. Housed in custom solander box.

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